The National tribune., 1887-05-05

geant of Wisconsin regiment, who took care
of the sick in the stockade after the prisoners
had left in September, 1864, who traded rings
for n sick eomrade in Barracks No. for II
sweet potatoes.
+. Caufy, Captain, 26th Mass, Attleboro, Mass,
wishes to ask Comrade Weber, writer a the
| recently published sketch of the fall of New
Orleans, if it was not the 18th Mass. instead Of
| the 9th Mich. that marched around through
mud and water to Black Bay, in the rear of
Fort st. Phillip.
Jarvis Sherman, ID n. Y. H. A., Burlington
Junction, Mo-, wants the names of two or more
comrades who were with him in the First Pro-
visiOual Battalion, commanded by Oscar F.
Hulser, formed in Camp Distribution, near
Washington d. c., and sent to Fort Mansfield
to 10 duty from July to September, 1861.
| Mrs. Jane T. Miller Clifford, Pa, asks in
| formation of her brother, Samuel +. Miller, who
in November, 1861, enlisted in Co. G, 14th Pa.
lie was wounded at the battle of Bull Run, and
was sent to hospital in Philadelphia. He
went homo on 80 days furlough, but his health
was so bad that he was not able to return TO his
regiment until February, 1868. He then started
| for the front, and has not since been heard
| from.
S. W. Gouldin, Co. e, 10th H.. Creston, Iowa,
| replying to the inquiry of a comrade, says that
Gen. Thomas +. Meagher was drowned July 1,
1861, in the Missouri River at Fort Benton,
| Mont.
| A. Hunnehagen, Co. A, 26th Ind, Bruce's
Lake, Ind, says that while at Brownsville,
Tex, during the Winter of 1868 4 he was de-
| tailed to help bury the renal rs Of man said
to have been Union officer, who was found
| hanging to tree. He inquiries if any cOmrade
can give definite information in regard to the
murder.
HID Glasmer, Co. D, 42d Ohio, Dillon. Mont,
replying to an inquiry, says that Gen. Thomas
| h. Meagher was drowned in the Missouri River,
4 De- 4. A
that time he was Secretary and Acting Gov
ernOr OF the Territory. His body was found
some distance down the river. Replying to
| COmrade John Blair. he says that the SSth Ohio
was considered the feather-bed " regiment of
the State, with headquarters at Camp Chase.
Shots Aimed at the White House.
]. w. Mailman. Co. F, 4ith Ohio. and 9Th
Ohio Cav, New Moorfcld, o., thinks every SOL
| der has right to speak his sentiments. He
thinks that if Cleveland had been through half
the hardships endured by those who bore arms
for their country he would have taken the pen
| from behind his ear and signed the pension
bill, instead of vetOing it, He hopes the Lord
will forgive him for voting for Cleveland, and
he will promise never to do Ill again.
S. III. Holden, Encinitos, Cal, says he can find
| no words strong enough to express his contempt
for Gems Bragg and Warner and others of that
stripe. He believes the people at large favor
the pension bill that was vetoed. and that they
will elect a President next year who is a friend
to the soldiers. So far as he is concerned, he
will not vote for any other.
j. III. PoorlCy, Galena, ILL.,, suggests whether
| 1t would not be well for the next Congress to
pass bill reducing the Presidents salary to
$4,000 a year, and let the boys see whether he
| will veto that.
The Hon. J. NJ ("Private") Dalzell. Cald-
| well, o., inclOses a number of letters which he
has received from comrades, commenting in
the highest terms his article recently Published
| in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE on the Presidents
veto of the pension bill.
Lou VI. Williamson Sidney, Kan says she is
the wife of % soldier, and feels keenly the in
justice Of the veto Of the pension bill. She
cannot comprehend the motives that prompted
the President to do so cruel thing. She says
many of the old soldiers voted for him in 1854,
but they will be careful not to do so again.
C. NJ. Let's. Co. /, 9th Mich, Eaton Rapids,
Mich, says that much to his regret he east his
vote in 1884 for Mr.. Cleveland, supposing he
was voting for friend Of the soldier. He has
turned over a new leaf, and proposes hereafter
to be more careful in exercising the right of
suffrage.
John Mclaughlin, Wheeler, Oak, says that
| the soldiers in that section are almost unani-
nous in their condemnation of the Presidents
| veto.
L. L. Sweet, Sergeant. Co I, 37th Iowa, Ram
sey. OAK, says he is as years old, and sends
q vigorous protest against the veto of the de-
| pendent pension bill.
Mason J. Miller, Go. g, 5ith Ohio, oIney, Ill.
thinks that Cleveland vetoed the pension bill
| in order to gain the favor of the South. He
hopes the next President will be different
sort of man.
Harvey Dolph, Co. L, 1st Mich. L. A., Daley,
| Mich, urges the soldiers all over the country
to close up the ranks for the next National
| campaign. He believes that if they Go this
| they ean serure the electiOn of a President Svho
/ will be favorable to them.
Robert Hastings, Central Lake, Mich, SAYS
that he and many other old soldiers in that
vicinity were earnest supporters of Cleveland
in the campaign of 1881; but God helping
them, they will never vote again for him or any
| one like him.
Henry Frautz, Co. d, 10th Pa, Dauphin, Pa,
thinks that the soldiers who voted for Cleve-
land made a mistake. The comrades need not
| hope to have their wrongs corrected until they
get the right man in the right place, which he
hopes they will do in 1888.
Random Shots.
Fiudley b. Roby, Decatur, H., referring to
| the claim that the first company was mustered
at Bangor, Me-, says he has discharge which
says that he enlisted April 10, 1861 in Co. A,
22d Ohio, at Chillicothe
Darwin A. Cole, Co K, 18th Pa, Ewing, Neb.,
says it is true that the FIRST flag was placed on
Fort Harrison by Capt. Cecil Clay, but he
thinks it was the tag of the 5Oth Pa. and not
of the 1Ssth Pa.
L. +. Ross, Iowa City, Iowa, was greatly in
terested in Gen. POpe's articles ON Missouri in
| 1861, but thinks he was mistaken when he said
| that the operations against Gen. Price resulted
| in the first success in Missouri after the death
| of Gen. Lyon. He overlooked the defeat of
JEFF Thompson by 1000 men in command of
| Col. Plummer. who won a very signal victory
over this famous Confederate leader.
| John Riley, Co. /, I'D Ohio, Bannister, Mich,
gives few recolIections of the Guntown expe-
/ dition.
Daniel Sackrider, Sergeant, Co. K, 121st Ohio,
Delmar, Iowa, says it was the Chicago Mercan-
tile battery. supported by his regiment, Col III.
| b. Banning, that checked the advance of Gen.
Longstreet when he attempted to break through
| the gap of the Union line at Chiekamauga.
| VIM. Armstrong. Clinton, ILL.,, writing of the
battle of Walkers Ford. East Team, says that
| the rebel Gen. Wheeler's forces captured some
OF the outer piekets and attacked the reserves
while the main body of the soldiers were at
breakfast. Co. A. of the Goth Ind. armed with
16-shooting rifles. was sent out to hold the enc
my in check until the battery could be got into
| position and the necessary preparations made
for action. He says the troops engaged were
the 5th Ind. Cav, Col. Graham; 65th Ind. MID
Inf, Col. Foster; 18th Ill. Cav. Col Capron; Sth
| Tenn. Cav, and Colvins battery, LIST ILL., L. A.
| Before the battle closed they were reinforced